Game of Thrones Season 7 Episode 4: 11 Things to Know About "The Spoils of War"

SPOILER ALERT for Game of Thrones Season 7, Episode 4, "The Spoils of War."

Last week's "The Queen's Justice" gave us two long-awaited meetings (Jon and Daenerys, and Bran and Sansa), the Lannisters' strategic advances, and an epic mic drop of an onscreen death (RIP Lady Olenna). This week, GoT followed up with more reunions and another major battle scene. Scroll down for a play-by-play of this week's episode.

Jaime Lannister and Bronn gather their riches.

After sacking Highgarden, Jaime Lannister and Bronn see their troops carry out wagons of gold to King's Landing. This is just what they need to pay off the Lannister's debts to the Iron Bank. Jaime is noticeably upset, but he won't tell Bronn why. (Maybe because he just found out who murdered his son? Just a thought.) Bronn also pushes for a higher reward. Jaime gave him a bag of gold, but that's not enough; he wants a castle. Jaime promises him that when they win the war, any castle in the Seven Kingdoms could be his.

Meanwhile in King's Landing, Tycho Nestoris tells Cersei the Iron Bank could invest in her conquest of the Seven Kingdoms—if she pays her debt in full.

Littlefinger gives Bran his knife.

Petyr Baelish meets Bran in his room and gives him his Valyrian steel dagger, the one that was supposed to kill him back in Season 1. Littlefinger gives the youngest surviving Stark some BS about feeling responsible and needing to "protect" Catelyn's children—but what are is actual intentions? When Bran asks him who owns the dagger, Littlefinger lies and says he doesn't know. Great protecting skills.

Midway through their conversation, Bran cuts Littlefinger off with a vague saying: “Chaos is a ladder.” Okay, Bran.

Update: Bran finally has a wheelchair. It only took seven seasons.

Meera Reed leaves, and we learn Bran is terrible with goodbyes.

Meera, who's been traveling with Bran since he went beyond the wall, announces that she's going home so she can be with her family when Winter comes. All Bran has to say is a stiff "Thank you." Meera is offended. Her brother, Hodor, and Summer (Bran's direwolf) all died for him, and this is all he can say in return? But Bran he tells her that he’s not really “Bran” anymore, now that he’s becoming the Three Eyed Raven more and more. “You died in that cave,” Meera tells him. It appears he did.

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Arya and Sansa reunite.

Arya Stark finally makes it to the gates of Winterfell, but the guards don't believe she's who she says she is, telling her to f*ck off. She finally convinces them to let her in, and they make her sit in the courtyard. Arya takes a moment to look around at her home. She hasn’t been there in so long, she doesn’t even know that Ser Roderick or Maester Luwin are gone. Arya sneaks off, but when Sansa arrives, she knows where to find her sister: in the crypts, in front of their father's tombstone. Their reunion is rewarding to watch, but it's also a bit awkward at times—they have so much to catch up on. They're making comments like "our stories aren't over yet," which makes me nervous for their fates.

Sansa tells Arya the way she got home was not pleasant. Arya tells her about her kill list, and Sansa laughs because she has NO IDEA that her baby sister is a trained assassin now. When Sansa tells Arya Bran’s home too, her face falls. She knows it’s not good news.

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Stark family reunion!

They find Bran in the godswood, and Arya gives him a hug. He tells her that he saw her at the crossroads, and that he knows Cersei is on her list, even though she hasn't told him any of those things. (Sansa explains he has visions now.) He takes out Littlefinger's dagger and Sansa warns that Littlefinger wouldn't give him anything freely if he didn't want him in return. Bran gives the weapon to Arya; it's more useful to her now anyway. Could that theory about her using Littlefinger’s dagger be true?

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It's so heartwarming to see Arya, Sansa, and Bran together as a family. But we should enjoy it while it lasts. (This is Game of Thrones, after all.) “Catelyn Stark would be proud,” Pod says as he watches the siblings walk across the way. Meanwhile Littlefinger looks creepily from the balcony of Winterfell.

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Daenerys agrees to fight for Jon and The North—under one condition.

Daenerys goes with Jon into the cave where the dragonglass is. There’s so much of it lining the caves, but there’s something else Jon wants to show her. They reach one inlet of the cave where the walls are covered with ancient carvings made by The Children of the Forest, depicting them with mankind fighting together against the White Walkers. Jon uses it as the perfect platform for Daenerys to join his cause. This is his proof that the White Walkers are real and always have been. Dany finally agrees.

“I will fight for you. I will fight for the North,” Daenerys tells him. But there’s a catch: “When you bend the knee.” Jon still hesitates. How will his Northern subjects react to a southern leader? But Daenerys insists that if he shows his fealty, his followers will too. “Isn’t their survival more important than your pride?” she asks. Burn.

Side note: Before entering the cave, Daenerys and Missandei have a little bit of girl talk about Grey Worm while approaching Jon at the beach. Missandei tells her queen that “many things” happened between her and the Unsullied warrior before he left ;) ;) ;)

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Jon advises Daenerys to not go dragon crazy on Westeros.

When they leave the cave, Tyrion and Varys inform Daeenrys that they conquered Casterly Rock, but they lost Highgarden and Lady Olenna. Khaleesi realizes how much at a disadvantage she is. She's lost Dorne, the Iron Islands, and now The Reach. Convinced Tyrion is just making up fake plans to protect his siblings, Dany threatens to take her dragons and fly to the Red Keep herself. But she takes a moment and asks Jon what to do.

He reminds her that her followers have seen her make the impossible happen, but burning down cities with her dragons makes her no different from her ill-tempered ancestors.

Arya schools Brienne in a sword fight.

Arya walks in on Brienne's daily training with Podrick in the Winterfell courtyard. She tells her she wants Brienne to train her, because she was able to defeat the Hound. (He's on her kill list.) They fight, and Arya shows her stuff—she whips quickly back and forth, she even dodges Brienne's swings with Needle behind her back, and there are even a few flips here and there. It's so nice to see her wield a sword in a scene that doesn't end in death for once. Finally Arya wins, holding the dagger right below Brienne's chin.

Meanwhile, Sansa looks down on the sparring and appears freaked out over what her little sister has become. She's never seen her fight before. After she leaves, Littlefinger and Arya exchange a weird glance.

Davos thinks Jon has a crush on Daenerys.

Davos plays buddy to Jon Snow and asks him what he thinks of Daenerys. When he says he thinks she has a good heart, he quips, “I noticed you staring at her good heart.” Oh Davos, you jokester. Jon brushes it off ("I don't have time for that") before they run into Missandei. The advisor to Khaleesi explains that in her hometown of Naath, there is no marriage and hence, no concept of bastards. She tells them Daenerys freed her from slavery, but Davos challenges her—doesn't she still work for Daenerys now? But Missandei assures him that Dany is the queen she (and all her followers) chose. They see a Greyjoy ship approach from the distance.

Jon Snow and Theon Greyjoy reunite, but it isn't all happy.

Jon is there to receive Theon when he lands on the Dragonstone shore. This is their first time seeing each other since Season 1, and Jon is not happy. They grew up together (Theon was Ned's ward) and Greyjoy betrayed the Stark family. Theon asks how Sansa is, but Jon grabs him by the collar. “What you did for her is the only reason I’m not killing you,” he says, alluding to how Theon helped her escape Ramsay in Winterfell. Theon says he wants to ask Dany to help him get Yara back from Euron, but Jon tells him she’s gone.

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SHOWDOWN: Jaime and the Lannister army vs. Daenerys, a dragon, and the Dothraki

Jaime and the Lannister army are just about to get the gold they plundered within the gates of King's Landing when they hear a thunder of hooves approaching. Jaime, Bronn, and Randyl order the Lannister solders to get in line and form a barricade in front of the wagons holding gold. The Dothraki charge in from around the valley, shrieking as they come down. AND DAENERYS RIDES IN ON A DRAGON LIKE A F*CKING BADASS. Forget the Lannister barricade, they charge right through the line of soldiers and even over the path of fire the dragon lays down.

Daenerys and Drogon strategically aim for the line of men marching and, more importantly, wagons carrying gold. Jaime actually has Qyburn’s “Scorpion” dragon-killing weapon, which Bronn handles because he has two working hands.

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Tyrion looks over the battlefield as Bronn shoots the scorpion. He misses the first time but hits the dragon the second time. Drogon lands on the ground and breaks the machine with his tail. As Deanerys tries to get the spear out of his side, Jaime decides to charge her with his own spear. Tyrion, watching from above mutters to himself, “Flee, you idiot,” at his brother. Before Jaime gets to Dany, her dragon turns to him and bares its teeth, and just as it breathes fire, Bronn pushes him out of the way, and they both fall into the water. Though both conscious, they keep sinking—and we have no idea if they made it out alive.

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